Tatting shuttle



HHHHHHHHHHHHH ON INVENT'OAR TTTTTT EY Patented May 1, 1923.

naisen states na fnfdfffffl miseen L. nrcflennson, on SEBRINGVILLE, ominnro, omana.

TATTING Application filed May a,

V useful Improvements in Tatting Shuttles, of

which the following is a specification.

The invention has relation to certain new and useful improvements in a tattng shuttle and has for its primary object the pf vision of a shuttle of this character which will be of improved and simplified construction and will also permit of a full winding of the shuttle bobbin without danger of the thread catching within the shuttle during use of the same.

The invention has for anotherobject the provision of a tatting shutt-le of the character stated, in which the bobbin will be provided on its outer end with a protecting flange of sufficient diameter to prevent thread on the bobbin from passing over the protecting flange and becoming caught on the looking fianges carried at the end of the bobbin to receive the removable side of the shuttle.

A further object of the invention resides in the provision of a tatting shuttle of the character set forth in which the protecting flange will be arranged so as not to interfere with attachment or removal of the removable side of the bobbin.

The invention has for a still further object the provision of a tatting shuttle which Will be of extremely ineXpensive construction, as well as highly efiicient in use and which may be employed in the same manner as the shuttles now in use.

VVith the foregoing and other Objects in view, as will appear as the description proceeds, the invention consists in the novel construction, combination and arrangement of cooperating elements as hereinafter more specifically set forth, olairned` and shown in the accompanying drawings forming a part of the present application and in which Figure 1 is a plan view of the removable side of the shuttle, looking at the inner face. thereof. a

Figure 2 is a perspective view of the shuttle with the removable side taken off.

Figure 3 is a longitudinal section through the shuttle with the parts thereof assembled.

Referring more in detailto the -drawings, in which similar reference character's desigsHuTTLn.

1922. Serial No. 561,498.

nate corresponding parts "throughout the` ananas several views, t indicates the bobbin carryf ing side of the shuttle and on` which is mounted centrally thetube. l The remov- `able side gof the shuttle is adapted to be locked upon the' free end of the tubefas wll be apparent by`refe`rring to the drawingsa lt will also be understood that *the shuttle 'side l carries at itspointed end the usual shuttle pin7. It will also be seen by referrng to Figure 3. that the tube 5 has a transverse passage 8 through which theend of the thread may he extended for the purpose of securing the thread on the shuttle 'tube 5. f

In order to secure the side 6 of the shuttle to the tube 5, this shuttle side' 6 has a, pair of securing lugs 9 struck out therefrom'on opposite sides of the perforated 'centre 10 of the side 6. The lugs 9 are adapted to be engaged between the ends of the opposite arcuatefianges 11 carried by the outer bob-` bin head 12. The side 6 must be placed across the outer end of the tube 5 at right angles to the bobbin side 4 to bring the lugs 9 between the ends of the fianges 11. These flanges ll are Offset slightly from the bobbin head 12, as shownin Figure 3. The flanges ll have' outwardly Offset looking portions 13 into which the looking lugs 9 are seated when the shuttle side 6 is given a quarter-turn to bring the same parallel with the bobbin side 4: after positioning the looking lugs 9 between the endsof the locking flanges 11.

In order v to protect the thread on the bobbin 8 and prevent the thread from becoming caughton the looking flanges 11 and looking lugs 9, a protecting fl'ange Mis carried on the outer' end portion of the tube 5 inwardly of the bobbin head 12. The diameter of the protecting flange let should be at least equal to the diameter of the head 12,

including the flanges 11 thereof. It is to be understood that the shuttle is of 'the usual configuration and inay be einpl oyed in the same manner as the shuttle now in general use for this purpose. By removing the shuttle side 6, the' bobbinr may be filled with the desired thread, to the level of'the bobbin fiange 14 and the shuttle then employed without danger of the thread becoming caught on the looking flanges 1 1 and looking lugs 9. In this improved form of tatting shuttle, it is not necessary to remove and replace' the bobbin. i 4

It is believed the complete construction and operation of the present invention may be elearly understood from the foregoing paragraphs Without further description. It is to be understood that While the preferred embodiment of the invention has been shown and described, minor changes in the details of construction and arrangement of parts may be resorted to Within the scope of What is claimed Without departing from the spiritiof the invention.

VVhat I claim as new is:

1`. A tatting shuttle eomprising a Shuttle' side member, a bobbin carred by said Shuttle side member, a removable side member, attaching means for said removable side member and a thread proteeting fiange carried by said bobbin adjacent the Shuttle side.

2. A tatting Shuttle oomprising a body member, a bobbin mounted on one face of said body member, a second body member, said bobbin including an o uter head With arcnate flanges eXtended therefrom and sli htly ofi'set from the head, said fianges having outwardly Offset centraliocking portions, said second shuttle body member having looking lugs adapted to ride over said flanges andseat in the outwardly Offset central looking portions thereof, and a thread protecting flange earried by said bobbin adjaeent said outer head of the bobbin to prevent threadcarried on the bobbin from catching on said fianges of the bobbin head and said looking lugs of the second mentioned Shuttle body member.

In testimony whereof, I affixmy signature.

HAMITAGE L. RICHARDSON. 

